Political Science
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FIND ARTICLES
PAIS [Mariner] Public policy issues.
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts [Mariner] Indexes and abstracts articles on politics.
Academic Search Premier [Mariner] Full-text articles and index to scholarly and popular periodicals.
JSTOR [Mariner] Digital archive of core scholarly journals in arts, humanities, general science and social
sciences. Historical collection covering complete run of each journal from its inception to generally
2-5 years ago.
Project Muse [Mariner] Complete articles from scholarly journals in humanities, arts, social sciences and
sciences.
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New York Times [Mariner] Index to and full text coverage from 1999 to the present.
LexisNexis Academic [Mariner] Complete articles and indexing to many US and international newspapers.
ProQuest Newspapers [Mariner] Like LexisNexis Academic: full-text articles and indexing to US and international newspapers.
New York Times Index 1952-2002 [Index Tables] NYT is available full-text online 1851+.
New York Times Article Archive [Mariner] Indexing for The New York Times from 1851 to the present.
Contemporary Women’s Issues [Mariner] Complete articles on issues influencing women’s lives in 190+ nations.
Social Sciences Index [Index tables]
Essay & General Literature Index [Index tables]
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature [Index tables]
Biography Index [Index tables]
GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE
Information Sources of Political Science [Ref JA 71 I543]
Political Science: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources [Ref Z 7161 Y75]
Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources [Ref Z 7161 S648]
DIRECTORIES
United States Government Manual [Ref JK 421 .A3 or http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html]
United States Government Internet Manual [Ref ZA 5075 G68]
Washington Information Directory [Ref F 192.3 W33]
Congressional Staff Directory [Ref JK 1012 C65]
U.S. REFERENCE SOURCES
Oxford Reference Online [Mariner] Reference sources and dictionaries.
Oxford Guide to the United States Government [Ref JK 9 P384]
Almanac of American Politics [Ref JK 1012 .A44]
Encyclopedia of the American Presidency [Ref JK 511 .E53]
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States [Ref J 81 C89]
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Presidency [Ref JK 516 C57]
Congressional Quarterly Almanac [Ref JK 1 C66]
Congress and the Nation [Ref KF 49 C65]
Congress A to Z [Ref JK 1067 C67]
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to Congress [Ref JK 1021 C56]
Tapping the Government Grapevine [Ref ZA 5055 U6 R63]
Using Government Information Sources [Z 1223 Z7 S4]
A Historical Guide to the U.S. Government [Ref JK 9 H57]
Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts [Atlas stand]
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989 [Ref JK 1010 .U5] Online version (1774-present) @ http://bioguide.congress.gov/.
Political Parties and Elections in the United States [Ref JK 2261 P633]
Government Information on the Internet [Ref ZA 5075 N69]
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy [Ref JX 1407 E53]
U.S. Government on the Web [Ref ZA 5075 H47]
Government on the Net [Ref ZA 4226 E93]
How to Access the Federal Government on the Internet [Ref TK 5105.875 I57 M39]
How to Track Politics on the Internet [Ref JK 1764 M39]
A Short Guide to Writing about Social Science [Ref/Reserve H 91 C78 2002]
INTERNATIONAL SOURCES
Europa World Year Book [Ref JN 1 E85]
Statesman's Year-book [Ref JA 51 S7]
Whitaker's Almanac [Ref JA 51 W91]
Oxford Reference Online [Mariner] Reference sources.
Oxford Companion to Politics of the World [Ref JA O95]
Government Information on the Internet [Ref ZA 5075 N69]
CURRENT EVENTS
Congressional Digest [Periodicals]
Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report [Periodicals]
Facts on File [Ref D 410 F3]
Public Perspective [Periodicals]
Rollcall Online [http://www.rollcall.com/] Weekly published on Capitol Hill.
Vital Speeches of the Day [Periodicals/Academic Search Premier]
Academic Universe [Mariner] News from around the globe. Available only on-campus.
DICTIONARIES
Oxford Reference Online [Mariner]
American Government and Politics [Ref JK 9 S43]
American Political Dictionary [Ref JK 9 P55]
Dictionary of Modern Politics [Ref JA 61 R63]
Dictionary of Political Analysis [Ref JA 61 R62]
Facts on File Dictionary of American Politics [Ref JK 9 H54]
International Relations Dictionary [Ref JX 1226 P55]
Political Science Thesaurus II [Ref Z 695.1 P63 B4]
Safire's Political Dictionary [Ref JK 9 S2]
Dictionary of the Social Sciences [Ref H 41 D53]
ELECTION STATISTICS
Congressional Quarterly’s Guide to U.S. Elections [Ref JK 1967 C662]
Election Data Book [Ref JK 1967 E4]
Congressional Districts in the 1990s [Ref JK 1341 C64]
Project Vote Smart [http://www.vote-smart.org/] Background on candidates.
Opensecrets.org [http://www.opensecrets.org] Role of money in U.S. elections.
GENERAL STATISTICS
Statistical Abstract of the United States [Ref HA 202 A3 or http://www.census.gov/statab/www/]
U.S. Census Bureau [http://www.census.gov]
Federal, State, and Local Governments [http://www.census.gov/govs/www/]
WEB SOURCES
See Katz Library Internet Resources for a list of academic Web directories @ http://www.uma.edu/libraries.html.
Federal Web Locator http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/ One stop gateway to federal Web sites.
White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Congress
U.S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov
U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov
Thomas - Congressional bills http://thomas.loc.gov/
Supreme Court http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
GPO Access http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/multidb.html
Political Science Resources on the Web http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/poliscinew.html
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources http://www.etown.edu/vl/